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Gift of encouragement; counsel and advocacy, augmented with emotional intelligence. No walking on air, over the moon, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine kinda deal, but setting afloat someone's hope far outlasts any sorta fleeting euphoria, come what may.

Your disposition through such a worrying and painful turn of events is testament to your faith. In suffering, the prayer of those who have learnt to live their life in God, fashions a tapestry of love which restores wellness to the abode of the saints. I pray that blessing comes to rest on you...

I've remarked on my appreciation for people who don't use two words where one will do, but you are on another level (y)

Go easy on yourself. When we're anxious and distressed, our feelings and shifting emotions can move us from pillar to post. But God's promises remain fixed, determined by His sovereignty and sure faithfulness. An honest-to-goodness brokenness before God is an occurrence beyond price. When...

I'll give any woman a swerve who's casting about for a spider catcher. No laughing matter, flies are spies from the abyss, so I won't dispose of spiders for anybody!

Wilfull ignorance on the one hand, informed choices on the other. The children of disobedience, slaves to the lusts of their father, the devil. And the children of light, servants in the household of faith, who seek to do the will of the Father. We either acquit ourselves in servitude to the...

If you're going to treat yourself to some Valentine's themed candy, go all out and send yourself a card too! :giggle:

I agree. Freedom would call for the need to be unconstrained by either bondage or servitude, which none of us are. In hindsight, I did go on to explain how self-willed and God's purpose for allowing it, would have been a better turn of phrase than free will, a delusion which doesn't exist, as...

Look into MBTI personality types. It's a personality assessment tool based on the theories of psychologist Carl Jung. Hasten to add, my identity is found in Christ, so the life which I now live is no longer framed by my personality type. And to answer your question - I'm an INFJ, which won't...

You have nothing to apologise for. I have no issue with being questioned, confronted, or objected to. Reaching agreement in the truth is all that matters to me. I appreciate that forums ain't for the faint-hearted, I view this as a warm welcome! I get that, but we can't have our cake and eat...

In that context, I don't disagree. There can be no independence from a sovereign God, only deception, the lie that such a thing actually exists or is attainable. Freedom would necessitate being free from bondage or servitude, which none of us are. We make a sole choice between good and evil...

When we are slaves to sin, we are self-willed, self-determined, self-sufficient etc. By continuing to live for ourselves, we are choosing not to live for Him that died for all and rose again. That is an act of volation; an expression of free will. That's how a sinner can be a slave, bound by...

Bury the truth and it grows a giant. I appreciate anyone who calls a spade a spade, and doesn't use two words where one will do. I can somewhat relate to being misunderstood, because my personality is the rarest type for males, accounting for little more than 1% of the population. I expect...

God's reasoning is a glorious demonstration of His sovereignty over all creation. He was not deterred from establishing His creation, despite foreknowing how the greater part of men, created in His image and likeness, would become so infatuated with the creation, they'd reject Him as their very...

If heartening women is something inherent to you, be sure to buoy up the men too, without partiality. Apples of gold in pictures of silver signify the certainty of the words of truth in us. And won't go unnoted by either sex. Either that, or double-down on your genius. :LOL:

Ask yourself this? How can a man pray for his friend to receive the Spirit of adoption, while harbouring the conflicting thought to turn his own back on the Lord of glory? You hope to see your friend come to the fullness of faith, because you know there is nothing or no one else Aiden can turn...

Word play aside, I was just offering an observation about a downside to being single, relating to ministration and the opposite sex. When we're caring and obliging, as brothers and sisters should be, some single women (and men) can get their purposes crossed. The brother who wants to see his...

I was. My reply drew a parallel to yours. Resorting to the use of a flamethrower to fend off unwanted attention, would be like trying to shoot your way in to life everlasting. I was just acknowledging your light hearted humour with a little of my own.

I'll stand in line behind you on the approaches to the pearly gates. Watch you try and shoot your way in!